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 Huron High School
Lacrosse Team
Suspended for
Writing Prom
Invitations on Butts
They
are the butt of all
jokes Wednesday
morning but parents
are not laughing nor
were school
officials following
the suspension of
the Huron High
School Lacrosse team
for writing prom
proposals on their
rear ends.
"What
a bunch of asses!"
declared
Gambling911.com
Senior Editor,
Payton O'Brien.
"This is the state
of today's youth I
suppose."
Carolyn Campbell, a
senior at Huron High
School in Ann Arbor,
accepted the unusual
invitation to the
prom from fellow
senior Kristoff
Wennersten.
Wennersten and other
members of the team
displayed messages
on their butts that
read:
"Will You Go To The
Prom With Me? Yes or
No?"
In all, 13 players
were suspended for a
undetermined number
of games and ordered
to complete 20 hours
of community
service.
"Inappropriate is
inappropriate,"
Huron athletic
director Dottie
Davis said Monday
after meeting with
lacrosse varsity
players and their
parents. "It
disrespects women,
and that's the clear
message we need to
have the students
understand - what
may be fun to them
isn't necessarily
fun to everyone
else."
Campbell, who
accepted the prom
invitation by
patting the lower
back of the player
displaying the word
'Yes,' described
Wennersten's method
as "cute" and said
she wasn't upset by
the manner in which
she was asked.
"People get pretty
creative with prom.
Anyone who's done
anything has been
pretty outlandish,"
Campbell said. "This
is pretty epic, I
would say.
"I didn't think it
would become this
big of a deal."
Neither did
Wennersten, who said
the idea was more
"spur of the moment"
than anything.
Karen Van Eck, whose
sophomore son,
Forrest, plays for
Huron's junior
varsity lacrosse
team, wasn't among
those upset. But she
said she saw the
need for punishment.
"Some very nice kids
made a really bad
choice," Van Eck
told the
Ann Arbor News.
"I think it all
boils down to
respect. Who wants a
bunch of boys with
their butts hanging
out (representing
the school)? They
had to do
something."
The mental health of
teenagers has
sharply declined in
the last 25 years
and the chances that
15-year-olds will
have behavioural
problems such as
lying, stealing and
being disobedient,
have more than
doubled.
The rate of
emotional problems
such as anxiety and
depression has
increased by 70%
among adolescents.
----
Jagajeet Chiba,
Gambling911.com
Originally published
April 30, 2008 11:21
am EST
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